Created by Michael McGowan, the series stars Jennette McCurdy as Wiley Day, a pregnant teenage daughter of a minister living in the small town of Pretty Lake, which is coping with a mysterious disease that has killed everybody over the age of 21.

Between is the story of a small town called Pretty Lake and surrounding rural area under siege from a mysterious disease that has wiped out everybody aged 21 and older.

The series also explores numerous themes: the power vacuum that results when the government quarantines a 10 square mile zone and leaves the inhabitants to fend for themselves; the desire of inhabitants to escape, ignoring that they will spread the deadly disease to the entire planet; and the effect of hormonal teenaged/young adult angst becoming the guiding force for an entire community.

Charles "Chuck" Lott is an entitled kid from a rich family who had been on the school hockey team, and assumes the role of a leader among the survivors, including several of his siblings.

The series was originally set for a season of six one-hour episodes, co-produced and financed by Citytv and Netflix as part of a collaboration deal.

[11] In addition, season 2 includes an after-show web component called Inside Between, hosted by Angelina LeDrew-Bonvarlez and Nicole Stamp[12] and streaming live (then remaining available) on CityTV.com's Between page, directly following each TV episode's initial broadcast on City.

The website's critics consensus reads, "A poorly acted regurgitation of post-apocalyptic cliches, Between falls short of Netflix's other high quality offerings.

[21] Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "The town is lovely, the premise solid if overfamiliar, but the script lacks both depth and tension (big problem), and McCurdy is one of the few cast members who can act.